Wanna list your gear?

[BennyAndTheSkins]

Plus, if you record the track in your home studio, you dont have the pressure/aggravation of dealing with a producer, burning the artist's studio time,
and you get as many re-takes as you want, eh?

I guess the trick to having that set up is to break into the scene, and build your reputation first....

"So now with the advantage of cable modems and T lines, you can get a digital work file depending on the recording software you are using in less than a 1/2 hour, go track it and in most cases return the file later that same day. This has made a huge dent especially with the corporate/casual scene dwindling."

[Derek DeFields]

Randy, how about breakin down the DAW for us?

[chris perra]

fuse, if you are thinking of upgrading your recording software i would suggest cubase sx. it's easily the best for the money. the audio engine is killer, and the midi is the best out there as well. with the improvements of pc's these days it doesn't make any sense to spend the dollars "pro tolls" is asking.

chris perra

[Randy walker]

DAW. Well I am using SONAR by Cakewalk, easily the most affordable software out right now. The first prgram written for PC and MIDI is great. My soundcard is a Frontier Designs, I have ADATs but they are just as back up, mostly just Digital to Analog conversion right now, mics go thru my Mackie except for a few which go thru an Avalon or Joe Meek pre amp, then in to the PC, monitoring is thru a digital board and out my Alesis monitors.
I mostly use Waves plugins for any tweaking, the drums go into the DAW with NO eq, verb..real clean, then if needed I tweak inside either Sound Forge or SONAR. Mics I use C408s(AKG) for the toms, D112RF in the kic, 57 on the snare, CX101s Audix for overheads and an SCX 51 on the hat.

[FuseU1]

Killer...
[I have Cakewalk Pro Audio 9...it's good, but i prob shouldve bought CW Suite, Finale, Studiovision, or esp. PRO TOOLS instead, ay?]
I'm still in the learning curve of mastering this software....

[jonthibault]

I have (prepare yourselves) a TAMA ROCKSTAR kit. I know, I know. You're thinking, "Good God, Thibault, where can I get a Tama Rockstar kit? Do I need to special order it? Will I need to take out a second mortgage to afford such a luxury?" Any upscale music store has them in stock, my friends, and you, too, could afford one.

I recently purchased a 22" bass from ebay, prior to that I had a 20," which was profoundly wimpy. 10, 12, 14 toms, and a recently purchased Pearl Sensitone brass 6.5" snare (my one extravagance). I also have a Tama wood 13X6.5 which sounds pretty nice.

Word.

[Bergermeister]

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[ladanny]

Randy, really great postings! For those "on the fence" about DAW, I can assure you that they are here.

Yesterday (Saturday) I was at a session all day with Gregg Bissonette. This was a CRAZY session because Gregg had to replace the drum tracks on an album of a band where drummer quit. While that's not usually a big deal, the tracks were all odd time signatures, tempo changes, etc. PLUS the tracks were OFF from the CLICK! But Gregg pulled it off. I've NEVER seen anything like that in my life! Just imagin playing to the click while the rest of the tracks are pulling ahead or behind.

The point being, the entire session was done in Digital Performer. Lots of nice Neumanm mics and old pre-amps from Abby Road Studios, etc, but it was all on a DAW.

[Flamaque]

I'm a tiny bit of a gearhead, but the older I get the less it matters to me. But!,here's my list.

Yamaha Maple Custom Kit:Black Stain
8,10,12,13,14,22

Yamaha Absolute Maple Custom Kit:Sea Maple Blue
8,10,12,14,22

Snares:
Fortune (custom made) Maple Snares
13 x 5 1/4
13 x 6 3/8
A, A Custom and K cymbals

The best part is that I can actually play these things.

[numeroUnoHODfan]

I've got ya beat, T-Bo!!!

Remo PTS - Pre Tuned Set.
What does that mean to the common man?
To sum it up - NO TUNING LUGS!!!

Just a bunch of clips holding down an all-in-one head/hoop deal, and once ya bang it out of tune, you're stuck!!! Unless you get creative like I did and cut out little strips of paper and stuff them between the clip and the hoop.

I'm not even gonna mention the hardware and cymbals that came with it, but the blue wrap finish looks nice.